As far as recent Asus mobile monitors go, the Asus ZenScreen (MB16ACE) is pretty standard. The MB16ACE, on the other hand, has a much lower price, and the features it does have, like a 15.6-inch 1080p screen, an easy-to-use onscreen display (OSD), and USB Type-C connectivity that lets you send data, video, and power over a single cable, make it a good choice for both business and personal use.
The ZenScreen Go MB16AWP’s design could be described in one word: “clean.” The majority of the monitor is made of black plastic (more on that later). From the front, you can see thin bezels along the top and sides, while the “chin” at the bottom is much bigger.
The plastic that makes up the chin has a finish that looks like brushed metal. On the left is the 5-way joystick for the on-screen display (OSD). On the right is the power button. There are many ways to connect to the ZenScreen Go MB16AWP.
On the left side of the screen, Asus put two USB-C ports that support DisplayPort 1.2 Alt-Mode, a Mini-HDMI port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. You can also find one of the two speakers next to the headphone jack near the top. The only thing on the right side of the screen is a matching speaker at the top.
Specification
- Panel Size (inch) : 15.6
- Display Surface : Non-Glare
- Backlight Type : LED
- Panel Type : IPS
- Pixel Pitch : 0.179mm
- Resolution : 1920×1080
- Brightness (Typ.) : 220cd/㎡
- Contrast Ratio (Typ.) : 800:1
- Display Colors : 260K
- Response Time : 5ms(GTG)
- Refresh Rate (Max) : 60Hz
- Flicker-free : Yes
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The peak brightness of the SDR is good. It’s brighter than the 220 cd/m2 that was promised, and it’s very consistent across different types of content. It’s bright enough for indoor lighting, but it has trouble with glare in places that are very bright or sunny. This monitor doesn’t have any color bleed.
Due to the display’s narrow color gamut, the Octave software had trouble making sure that the right slides were shown at the right time, just like the ASUS ZenScreen MB14AC. To get around the problem, we had to use the color values from a different monitor. The results shouldn’t be changed by this workaround.
The good news is that the ZenScreen MB16A works well overall, and the IPS panel does a good job with 1080p content. We had to make a few changes, though, before we were satisfied with how the display looked.
We used it for the first time with a PC that didn’t have a USB-C port, so we had to use the adaptor and get the drivers from the Asus website. This wasn’t a problem, but when we turned on the screen after Windows 10 had installed the drivers and the screen scaling was set to 120%.